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Updated 8/10/99

ABOUT THE CACHE

                Disk cache files are kept on your system in a file called
                Cache (look for it in the Netscape folder). However, the
                names of the files are cryptic, and you usually can't tell
                what the file contains. If you want to know what your disk
                cache folder contains, enter About:cache in the Location
                box, then press Enter. A page appears that tells you all
                kinds of information about your disk cache: the maximum
                size, the current size, and details on every file.


MORE INFO, PLEASE

                The last tip told you how to get information about your disk
                cache files (enter About:cache in the Location box). When
                you click the hot link that relates to a particular file (the
                URL address), a new Communicator window opens with
                more-specific information about the cache file. When you
                click the link in the new window, you can see the actual
                contents (the graphic, text, or other element that makes
                up the file).


SET THE TOOLBAR STYLE

                The Communicator toolbars include both text and icons by
                default. However, you have the option to turn off one or the
                other, which gives you more room in the browser window.
                To set the toolbar style, select Edit, Preferences to open
                the Preferences box, then click Appearance. Select either
                Pictures Only or Text Only from the Show Toolbar As
                section. Click OK to close the box and save your settings,
                which go into effect immediately.


UNLISTED NUMBER

                The Location (Go To) box has a drop-down list of the URLs
                you have recently visited. This makes it easy for you to go
                back to certain sites (if you forgot to bookmark one, for
                example). You may notice, however, that some sites don't
                appear on the list. This is because it only includes the
                URLs you actually entered in the Location box or opened
                with the File, Open Page command. If you open a page by
                clicking a link within another page, the URL doesn't make
                the list.
 


REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS
                PAST

                You found a really cool site, but forgot to bookmark it--and
                now you can't remember the complete URL. No
                problem--Communicator has a good memory. Go to the
                Location box and enter www, then begin to enter the
                letters of the URL. At the first letter, Communicator
                automatically fills in the address of a previously visited site
                beginning with that letter. Enter more letters if the first try
                didn't come up with the site you want. Unlike the list in the
                Location box, this does include all visited sites.


LOCAL HERO

                 Sure, Communicator allows you to browse the Internet, but
                 you can also access files or documents stored locally on
                 your computer (or linked to an internal network). To do
                 this, select File, Open Page (or press Ctrl-O), bringing up
                 the Open Page dialog box. Enter the path and name of the
                 file if you know it, then click Open. If you're not sure of the
                 file name or folder, click Choose File and select the file
                 from the browser box. You can open any kind of
                 file--HTML, spreadsheets, graphics, text, and so on--but
                 you may need a specific plug-in to view some file types.
 


MEMORY FINDER

                As you know, Communicator has two types of cache, disk
                and memory. The last couple of tips told you how to get
                detailed information about your disk cache by entering
                About:cache in the Location box. If you want to get the
                lowdown on your memory cache, enter
                About:memory-cache in the Location box, then press
                Enter. A page appears that gives you the statistics on all
                recently cached documents (that is, while you have
                Communicator running).


DESCRIPTION

                 If you want to see only the graphic files that you have in
                 the cache, enter about:image-cache in the Location box,
                 then press Enter. A page appears that tells you everything
                 about the images you have in the cache. When you click
                 the URL hot link for a specific file, a new window opens
                 with more information about that file. When you click the
                 link in this window, you see the image itself.


NO-CACHE POLICY

                Having files in your disk cache helps you load Web pages
                quicker. However, when the cache file gets too big, your
                overall computer performance begins to suffer. If this is the
                case, feel free to clear out your cache. To do this, select
                Edit, Preferences, then select Advanced, Cache from the
                Category list. Click Clear Disk Cache, then click OK to
                close the Preferences box.


   COMMUNICATOR
                MESSAGING--NAVIGATING
                MESSAGES

                You can use the spacebar to navigate through your e-mail
                or newsgroup messages. After you open a message,
                press the spacebar to move down the page. When you get
                to the end of the message, press the spacebar to move to
                the next unread message.


COMMUNICATOR
                MESSAGING--WITH OR
                WITHOUT GRAPHICS

                The Netscape Communicator's Messenger is a rich
                environment that allows you to receive and send messages
                with graphics and HTML files as part of the message. This
                is called inline. However, some people don't want to have
                that extra junk cluttering up the message, so you can have
                the images or files included as attachments. To specify
                this, select View, Attachments, As Links.


COMMUNICATOR
                MESSAGING--WHICH WAY
                DID IT GO?

                Netscape Communicator allows you to get the full story on
                the route a message took on its way to your inbox. Simply
                choose the message and select View, Headers, All from
                the Message Center menu. This information is helpful if
                you have any questions about the source of an e-mail message.


COMMUNICATOR
                 MESSAGING--MOVING
                 THINGS ALONG

                 When you get a message that you want to forward, press
                 Ctrl-L. The Message Composition window opens with the
                 message in forward mode.


COMMUNICATOR
                MESSAGING--RESPOND
                FASTER THAN EVER

                You can reply to a message even more quickly than
                before. As soon as you get the message, press Ctrl-R.
                The Message Composition window opens immediately in
                reply mode. If you want to reply to all, press Ctrl-Shift-R.


COMMUNICATOR
                 MESSAGING--FINDING
                 WHAT YOU NEED

                 Everyone intends to organize their mail inboxes, but the
                 messages just seem to keep piling up. This makes it
                 harder to find old messages that contain data you really
                 need. No problem--you can find any message you want
                 easily. Just open the Message Center and choose Edit,
                 Search Messages to display the Search Messages dialog
                 box. Select the mail folder that you want to search, then
                 enter the search criteria in the search fields. Click Search
                 and wait a second. Any messages that match the criteria
                 appear in the window.
 


COMMUNICATOR
                 MESSAGING--REFINING
                 YOUR SEARCH

                 Our previous tip showed you how to use the Search
                 Messages dialog box to find misplaced messages. The
                 dialog box allows you to select the folder to search and to
                 set certain search criteria. You can create a more specific
                 search by adding more search criteria. Click More, and
                 another line of search criteria fields appears. You can have
                 up to five in one search dialog box.



 


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